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Unemployed Men Outside a Chicago Soup Kitchen, 1931

The Supreme Court Misreads History

How Epic Systems fails to understand twentieth-century labor history Genevieve Carlton, Ph.D For decades, workers have relied on class action lawsuits to protect their rights. A single employee underpaid by... View Article

May 23, 2018

Death of Wat Tyler, Froissart Chronicle, c. 1475

The History of a Peasant Revolt

How historians talk about workers’ revolts matters by Charles Joseph What causes workers to revolt? Throughout history, workers have protested their conditions with small-scale actions and widespread, sometimes violent rebellions... View Article

April 23, 2018